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A sudden dark shadow swept across the bright moon, momentarily blocking out its light. Sarah
stumbled against a gravestone that was leaning towards the path like a cracked and crooked tooth.
An owl gave a ghostly hoot. Heath Manor finally rose into view behind a line of dense, gloomy fir
trees. The closer we got, the more it looked like a brooding monster – battered and bruised, but still
menacing. A fierce wind tugged at its broken shutters.

How does Shelley use description?

Setting Character
dreary night of November Night
one in the morning morning
the rain rain
pattered dismally
lifeless thing Victor himself
dull yellow eye creature

Effect on the reader

Quote Effect
‘Lifeless thing’ Even victor himself cannot think of his creation
as a person
‘Dreary night of November’ scary, as if something bad is going to
happen, depressing, dull, boring, never
ending
‘Dull yellow eye’ The first indication that there is something
wrong
‘My candle was nearly burnt out’ The detail of the setting contrast with the trill
which victor should be experiencing but mirror
the reality of the situation

P.E.E Paragraph
'It was on a dreary night of November', The word dreary means very miserable and dull, and this can
refer to Gothicism. Mary shelley opened this chapter like this because it sets the mood for what is
going to happen throughout the chapter and also gives the reader a hint of what to expect. 'With an
agony that almost amounted to agony,' Mary Shelly uses alliteration here, to give an effect on the
reader. Mary Shelly uses word like; 'anxiety,' and 'amounted to agony.'